Winning documentary at the 2012 NZ Movie Awards profiling Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti - an articulate and charismatic 16-year-old prodigy studying...
Winning documentary at the 2012 NZ Movie Awards profiling Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti - an articulate and charismatic 16-year-old prodigy studying political science at Yale, tipped to be New Zealand's first Maori Prime Minister.
"Born under a double rainbow, Ngaa Rauuira carried a weight of expectation ever since - and with it a wealth of iwi pride and support. Steeped in Maori culture and political struggle, he has an avid appetite for political philosophy, and the hope that he might grow into a leader is not one he’s ever ducked. Chaperoned by his father, Rauuira travels to Yale where he is enrolled in intensive political science seminars. In a world away from the wider whānau, he encounters more daunting challenges and choices than have been thrown in his path before.” (New Zealand Film Festival 2012)
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- Award winner
- Best Documentary at the NZ Film Awards 2012.
- Runtime
- 85
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- New Zealand, Netherlands